Ana Lucia Cortez

Infobox Lost character
Title = Ana Lucia Cortez


caption = Michelle Rodriguez as Ana Lucia Cortez
First = ""
Flashback1 = "Collision"
"Two for the Road"
Featured seasons = Season 1 Season 2
Name = Ana Lucia Cortez
Age =
Place = Los Angeles, California, USA
Profession = Airport security guard, formerly police officer in the LAPD
Actor = Michelle Rodriguez

Ana Lucia Cortez is a fictional character on the ABC television series "Lost", played by Michelle Rodriguez. She is a survivor of Oceanic Flight 815 who leads her fellow tail-section survivors to safety with the fuselage survivors. The character first appears in a flashback of Jack's during the season one finale.

Fictional character biography

Prior to the crash

Ana Lucia was an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department. She had conflicts with her captain, who was also her mother, but didn’t ask for special treatment and got along with her fellow officers. She had a boyfriend, Danny, and became pregnant, but lost the baby after being shot by a suspect at a burglary scene. She spent the next several months in physical and psychological therapy, during which time Danny left her. Ana Lucia returned to the force but exhibited unstable behavior on duty. When Jason McCormack, the man who shot her at the burglary scene, was arrested and made a confession, she refused to identify him, then killed him outside a bar after his release.

Ana Lucia left the force and eventually found work as an airport security guard. She met Christian Shephard at the airport bar, who asked her to accompany him to Sydney as a "bodyguard." They purposefully created fake names for each other: "Tom" and "Sarah." In Sydney, Ana Lucia broke up an argument when Christian visited a woman and demanded to see his daughter. She later tried to convince Christian to return to the States, but he refused and the two parted ways.

Ana Lucia bought a ticket on Oceanic Flight 815 to return to Los Angeles. Prior to boarding, she met and flirted with Jack at a bar at the airport. The pair arranged to get together during the flight, with Ana Lucia revealing that she had been assigned to seat 42F at the rear of the plane. She then called her mother, apologized to her, and asked to come home.

After the crash

After landing in the ocean with the tail section, Ana Lucia does her best to help anyone and everyone in need, including helping Bernard out of a tree. That night, the survivors are ambushed by the Others. Ana Lucia befriends Goodwin and Libby, going to her when seeking advice. After a few nights, the Others arrive again and kidnap nine more people. Ana Lucia kills one of them and finds a list with descriptions of the victims. Suspecting fellow survivor Nathan as a traitor, she moves everyone inland, digs a pit and throws him in it until he confesses. When he suddenly disappears, the small group head further inland, discovering the station. Ana Lucia and Goodwin trek atop a hill, where she reveals she knows Goodwin is the real traitor. After a struggle, she impales him on a broken stick. (It should be noted that Ben attempted to convince Juliet that Ana and Goodwin, Juliet's lover, were conducting an affair during this time)

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She returns to her people and tells them they're safe. Libby and Cindy bring Jin to her after discovering him washed up on shore. He breaks free, and Ana Lucia follows. After throwing Jin, Michael and Sawyer into the pit, she descends in after and learns that they are survivors from the fuselage. She releases them and decides to migrate with their camp. She constantly clashes with Sawyer, and on many occasions attempts to leave him behind.

However, upon nearing the beach, they lose Cindy and encounter strange whispering. In self-defence, Ana Lucia shoots Shannon after mistaking her for an Other. Feeling guilt, she has Sayid tied up and refuses to let the group move on. However, after some reasoning from Libby, she reluctantly lets them go. Ana Lucia bonds with Jack, particularly after returning from chasing Michael, and he asks her how to raise an army. Later, she is blamed for attempting to kidnap Sun Sun, Ana Lucia becomes involved with the ensuing conflict between herself, Jack, Locke and Kate, with the blame being placed on her. However, Sawyer reveals later that they were all conned into giving him the weapons from the armory. Later, Locke invites Ana Lucia into the hatch to interrogate "Henry Gale", to which she accepts and manages to receive a map to his crashed balloon. She takes Sayid and Charlie with her, and eventually discovers the crash site, along with the described grave. Upon their return, they reveal that Henry isn't to be trusted. Later, Ana Lucia attempts to speak to Henry again, but ends up being assaulted and nearly killed, had it not been for Locke's interference. Seeking revenge, she seduces Sawyer and steals his gun. She returns to the hatch and attempts to kill Henry, but is unable to bring herself to do it. She confides in Michael, who offers to kill him on her behalf, but upon handing him the gun, he shoots her in the heart killing her almost instantly. Upon her death, she appears in a dream to Mr. Eko, telling him to help Locke. She is buried alongside Libby, also murdered by Michael, the next day.

Post-death

Much later, when Jack is visited by Cindy whilst in captivity with the Others, Cindy asks about Ana Lucia's well-being, to which Jack yells at her.

In the fourth season premiere, The Beginning of the End, Ana Lucia's old partner from the force, Michael, asks Hurley if he ever met her; to which he says no.

The producers of Lost have said that Ana Lucia will return in season 5.

Character notes

Name

Her first name is listed on the [http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/ Official ABC Lost website] as "Ana Lucia," and twice as "Ana-Lucia." [http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/episodes/2004-05/23.html] [http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/about.html] It could be spelled either way; neither has been confirmed, as her name has not yet been shown on-screen.

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